Patriarch Porfirije delivers a lecture at the Faculty of Law of the University of Banja Luka
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije delivered a lecture at the Faculty of Law of the University of Banja Luka, in the presence of the Rector of the University of Banja Luka, Prof. Dr. Radoslav Gajanin, the Mayor – Mr. Draško Stanivuković, representatives of academic and other institutions of the Republic of Srpska, Bishop of Pakrac and Slavonia kyr Jovan, and Bishop of Marča kyr Sava, as well as numerous clergy and monastics. The largest group among those present were students and professors.
The Rector of the University of Banja Luka, Dr. Radoslav Gajanin, stated that for the first time in its fifty years of existence, the University had the opportunity to host the Serbian Patriarch, which represents a special honor. “I am proud of that fact, and on this occasion I would like, on behalf of the academic community of the University, to express my most heartfelt gratitude to the Patriarch for his visit,” said Dr. Gajanin before the beginning of the lecture.
He also thanked the Student Parliament and the Student Union of the University of Banja Luka, which made a significant contribution to the realization of Patriarch Porfirije’s visit as part of the “Student Days” event.
Patriarch Porfirije emphasized that education, with the University as its crown, represents both the present and the future of a nation and a state.
“It is here that knowledge and skills necessary for society and the state are acquired, but it is also a place where those who will shape the cultural and identity framework of the nation and the state are ethically and culturally formed,” the Patriarch pointed out.
The Rector of the University of Banja Luka, Dr. Radoslav Gajanin, stated that for the first time in its fifty years of existence, the University had the opportunity to host the Serbian Patriarch, which represents a special honor. “I am proud of that fact, and on this occasion I would like, on behalf of the academic community of the University, to express my most heartfelt gratitude to the Patriarch for his visit,” said Dr. Gajanin before the beginning of the lecture.
He also thanked the Student Parliament and the Student Union of the University of Banja Luka, which made a significant contribution to the realization of Patriarch Porfirije’s visit as part of the “Student Days” event.
Patriarch Porfirije emphasized that education, with the University as its crown, represents both the present and the future of a nation and a state.
“It is here that knowledge and skills necessary for society and the state are acquired, but it is also a place where those who will shape the cultural and identity framework of the nation and the state are ethically and culturally formed,” the Patriarch pointed out.